Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Light supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.52/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$153.52

72 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$7.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	154.06	766	67
Medium and Large 2-3	468	146.15	685	5thin

One grade step is worth $7.91/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

153.52

—

KY average24 barns · 5,910 hd

149.00

+4.52

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,770	102.56	1,816	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,211	79.27	960	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,350	75.14	1,015	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	870	59.00	513	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Large 1	—	433	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	832	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	911	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	731	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	158.00/cwt	155.00–160.00	757	16
Steers	Large 1	—	688	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	609	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	132.73/cwt	129.00–135.00	885	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	150.32/cwt	149.00–151.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	139.90/cwt	135.00–145.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	692	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	792	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	180.48/cwt	178.00–181.00	641	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	159.53/cwt	159.00–160.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	149.36/cwt	149.00–150.00	810	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,160.00/cwt	1,160.00–1,160.00	14,036	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,080	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	66.64/cwt	65.00–68.00	950	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,170	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,183	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	893	1
Bulls	—	—	1,683	90.02/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,515	2
Bulls	—	—	1,855	104.88/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,946	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,328	84.96/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	513	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	784	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	85.04/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,089	2

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Mar 28, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 522Year ago 489

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 81Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 11Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	189.00	189.00
3	—	672	130.00	130.00
4	—	588	155.00	155.00
7	—	371	197.00	197.00
6	—	516	165.00	165.00
7	—	282	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	119.00	119.00
3	—	692	120.00	120.00
6	—	511	155.00	155.00
6	—	355	178.00–181.00	180.48
1	—	790	105.00	105.00
2	—	423	159.00–160.00	159.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	168.00	168.00
2	—	848	139.00	139.00
8	—	728	148.00	148.00
1	—	590	155.00	155.00
3	—	608	156.00	156.00
2	—	495	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	166.00	166.00
4	—	609	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	688	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	165.00	165.00
3	—	563	145.00	145.00
16	—	479	155.00–160.00	158.00
10	—	667	129.00–135.00	132.73
3	—	270	168.00	168.00
4	—	723	123.00	123.00
14	—	359	175.00	175.00
14	—	542	149.00–150.00	149.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	434	149.00–151.00	150.32
2	—	520	135.00–145.00	139.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,160.00	1,160.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,185	935.00	935.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,425	65.00–68.00	66.64
1	—	1,170	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,328	84.00–86.00	84.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,045	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,280	84.00–86.00	85.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,683	87.00–92.00	90.02
2	—	1,855	102.00–109.00	104.88

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle